About 1/3 of alligator nests are destroyed by predators (mainly raccoons) or flooding. The average clutch size of an alligator nest is 38. For nests that survive predators and flooding, an estimated 24 live hatchlings will emerge. Only 10 alligator hatchlings will live to one year. Of these yearlings, 8 will become subadults (reach 4 feet in length).
Japanese fern tree is storybook pretty with a naturally rounded crown and unusual fern-like foliage. Its bushy growth creates dense shade and the globe-shaped top means no trimming required. This is a very elegant little tree, and it's one of the best small shade trees to tuck into any size yard.And it's ideal for the nit-picky homeowner who loves all things symmetrical. It's neither Japanese in origin nor a fern-though the long thin leaves growing out from stems have a fern-like look.The small size - 20 or 25 feet-makes the fern tree a good choice for a small front yard for house or mobile home.Or it can be used in conjunction with other plantings, because the foliage has a unique tropical look.nd it's ideal for the nit-picky homeowner who loves all things symmetrical. It's neither Japanese in origin nor a fern-though the long thin leaves growing out from stems have a fern-like look. The small size - 20 or 25 feet-makes the fern tree a good choice for a small front yard for house or mobile home.
Golden Male Fernâ Semi-evergreen hardy fern, producing a âshuttlecockâ of dark green lance shaped fronds, Height 60cm best grown in moist humus rich soil in partial shade. DRYOPTERIS Atrata â Shaggy Shield Fern. The clump-forming Shaggy shield fern has large, dark green fronds that unfurl to resemble elephantsâ trunks.ryopteris can be deciduous, semi-evergreen or evergreen ferns, with stout, erect or decumbent rhizomes and shuttlecock-like rosettes of lance-shaped to ovate, pinnately divided fronds. Semi-evergreen fern to 75cm, forming a compact clump of broadly ovate, bipinnatifid fronds, often coppery-pink when young.